The faith of scientists in their own words

[T]his is one classroom anthology that will hold wider appeal to general readers... [F]rankenberry's new collection is very different and broader in scope. Library Journal The Faith of Scientists, a stout anthology of primary sources compiled by Dartmouth religion professor Nancy Frankenberry ... makes clear the rich variety of religious experience of scientists from Galileo and Darwin through Rachel Carson and Stephen Hawking. -- Amy E. Schwartz Washington Post Book World [A] valuable collection of source materials for your own quest for knowledge. Equally rewarding is Frankenberry's juxtaposition of scientists with differing views. -- Christopher Fenoglio National Catholic Reporter I suggest reading Nancy Frankenberry's anthology of writings by 21 notable scientists from the 16th century to the present. The selections center on faith, their views about God and the place religion holds--or does not hold--in their lives in light of their commitment to science. Drawn from their own words in many primary sources, the essays show a spectrum of views from many areas of scientific inquiry. -- Mark M. Wilkins St. Anthony Messenger The Faith of Scientists presents a series of excerpts from researchers' own writings on the subject, accompanied by short biographical sketches from editor Nancy Frankenberry, a religion scholar at Dartmouth College in the US. The resulting collection spans the period from Galileo Galilei to Stephen Hawking and encompasses both devout believers like Freeman Dyson and ardent atheists like Richard Dawkins. Physics World This is the first book to bring together so many world-renowned figures of Western science and present them in their own words, offering an intimate window into their private and public reflections on science and faith. Spartacus Educational Review This book raises important issues... I would recommend this book for the explorer in all of us-whether we think we've found what we're looking for, or are still searching. -- Patrick Chan CASE Magazine As an introductory text that offers a fair and accurate treatment of the roles and non-roles of faith for important scientists, one would be hard pressed to do better. -- Jason Robinson European Legacy Ler mais...